A black and white picture that tells the slice of
life story of a convenient store clerk and
next-shop-over pal, a video store clerk.

These actors ramble about life, meaning, hockey,
and babes. Writer/Director Kevin Smith takes his cast
and dives headlong into a script so full of words
that it probably rivals the telephone book in size.
Fortunately, it's a heck of a lot more interesting
... so much so that the words pull more weight in
this production than the finesse of the actors. In
fact, it's more like a staged reading where
apprentice performers are given a week to memorize
all those lines and then only a take or two to get it
right on film.

Ragged, crude, rude, but full of gut despite it's
lack of color; "Clerks" is a strong student piece and
a stepping stone for a talented filmmaker.

Excerpt from the film's website(http://www.viewaskew.com/clerks/index.html):
"Clerks was made for $27,575. It was mainly funded by
10 credit cards that Kevin had to his name, funds
garnered from store credit after he sold his comic
book collection, a family donation, and paychecks
from working at the Quick Stop and RST Video. Clerks
was filmed using a 16mm Arri SR-2 camera and utilized
Kodak Plus-X film."